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EB-1 China priority date: where the line is and how fast it moves

Built from the October 2026 Visa Bulletin, the newest one we have checked. State's site refuses our fetcher, so the October 2026 figures are read from the copy of State's PDF that AILA posted (AILA Doc. No. 26092902, posted 2026-09-29), not from State's own file. Current bulletin: travel.state.gov.

Every EB-1 China cutoff in the Visa Bulletin archive, month by month. Enter your priority date to see how far it is from the Final Action cutoff and what past movement would imply. All categories.

As of the October 2026 bulletin, the newest in this table, EB-1 China Final Action is Jul 1, 2023 and Date for Filing is Jul 1, 2024.

Final Action, Oct 2026 bulletin
Jul 1, 2023line as of October 2026
Green card can be approved before this date
Date for Filing, Oct 2026
Jul 1, 2024line as of October 2026
I-485 can be filed before this date, if USCIS allows the chart
Final Action moved, 12 months to Oct 2026
+6 months
of priority dates in 12 bulletins
Final Action moved, 36 months to Oct 2026
+16 months
of priority dates in 36 bulletins

Over the last 36 bulletins, Final Action moved forward 13 times, stayed the same 23 times and moved back 0 times; the median change is no change.

What changed in the Oct 2026 bulletin (vs. Sep 2026): Final Action unchanged at Jul 1, 2023. Date for Filing moved forward 7 months, from Dec 1, 2023 to Jul 1, 2024. Final Action last changed in the Aug 2026 bulletin (Jun 1, 2023 to Jul 1, 2023).

Newest bulletin in this table: Oct 2026.

EB-1 China cutoff date by bulletin month

Each point is the cutoff printed in that month's bulletin. "Current" months are drawn at the bulletin month itself; "unavailable" months are gaps.

Your date vs. the line

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Every EB-1 China cutoff in the archive

The Oct 2023 bulletin is the first of the government's fiscal year 2024. Final Action moved forward 14 days, from Feb 1, 2022 to Feb 15, 2022. The Jun 2023 to Sep 2023 bulletins show no pullback before it, so this was a forward move at the start of the year, not a reset.

41 bulletins, newest first
BulletinFinal ActionChange vs. previous bulletinDate for Filing
Oct 2026Jul 1, 2023no changeJul 1, 2024
Sep 2026Jul 1, 2023no changeDec 1, 2023
Aug 2026Jul 1, 2023+30 daysDec 1, 2023
Jul 2026Jun 1, 2023+2 monthsDec 1, 2023
Jun 2026Apr 1, 2023no changeDec 1, 2023
May 2026Apr 1, 2023no changeDec 1, 2023
Apr 2026Apr 1, 2023+31 daysDec 1, 2023
Mar 2026Mar 1, 2023+28 daysDec 1, 2023
Feb 2026Feb 1, 2023no changeAug 1, 2023
Jan 2026Feb 1, 2023+10 daysAug 1, 2023
Dec 2025Jan 22, 2023+31 daysMay 15, 2023
Nov 2025Dec 22, 2022no changeMay 15, 2023
Oct 2025Dec 22, 2022+37 daysMay 15, 2023
Sep 2025Nov 15, 2022no changeJan 1, 2023
Aug 2025Nov 15, 2022no changeJan 1, 2023
Jul 2025Nov 15, 2022+7 daysJan 1, 2023
Jun 2025Nov 8, 2022no changeJan 1, 2023
May 2025Nov 8, 2022no changeJan 1, 2023
Apr 2025Nov 8, 2022no changeJan 1, 2023
Mar 2025Nov 8, 2022no changeJan 1, 2023
Feb 2025Nov 8, 2022no changeJan 1, 2023
Jan 2025Nov 8, 2022no changeJan 1, 2023
Dec 2024Nov 8, 2022no changeJan 1, 2023
Nov 2024Nov 8, 2022no changeJan 1, 2023
Oct 2024Nov 8, 2022+7 daysJan 1, 2023
Sep 2024Nov 1, 2022no changeJan 1, 2023
Aug 2024Nov 1, 2022no changeJan 1, 2023
Jul 2024Nov 1, 2022+2 monthsJan 1, 2023
Jun 2024Sep 1, 2022no changeJan 1, 2023
May 2024Sep 1, 2022no changeJan 1, 2023
Apr 2024Sep 1, 2022+2 monthsJan 1, 2023
Mar 2024Jul 15, 2022+14 daysJan 1, 2023
Feb 2024Jul 1, 2022no changeJan 1, 2023
Jan 2024Jul 1, 2022+4 monthsJan 1, 2023
Dec 2023Feb 15, 2022no changeAug 1, 2022
Nov 2023Feb 15, 2022no changeAug 1, 2022
Oct 2023Feb 15, 2022+14 daysAug 1, 2022
Sep 2023Feb 1, 2022no changeJun 1, 2022
Aug 2023Feb 1, 2022no changeJun 1, 2022
Jul 2023Feb 1, 2022no changeJun 1, 2022
Jun 2023Feb 1, 2022-Jun 1, 2022

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About this data

How we count: a Current month means there is no line, so it is placed at the bulletin month itself, as in the chart. An Unavailable month has no cutoff and is skipped. A movement figure needs a cutoff at both ends of its window, so it shows n/a when this month is Current or Unavailable. In the forward/same/back counts, Current to Current and Unavailable to Unavailable count as the same; changes into or out of Current or Unavailable are left out because they have no length, and the median uses only changes between two dated cutoffs. When the bulletin right after a window starts moved the line forward 6 months or more (often the October reset after a September holdback at the end of the government's fiscal year), the figure is labelled and shown again from that next bulletin.

Parsed from the U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin. The wait figures are arithmetic on past movement, not a forecast: cutoffs can stall or move backward. This is not legal advice. Sources and method. Download the full table: eb-cutoffs.csv.